U.S. crude-oil futures settled 1% lower Friday after the International Energy Agency warned that the U.S. fiscal crisis could harm demand and said supplies are rising faster than previously thought. Light, sweet crude oil for November ...
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THE FIFTH MAN is officially coming to the second city. Saks Fifth Avenue announces a newly renovated men’s store within its historic Chicago flagship on Michigan Avenue, opening in January 2014. Named THE FIFTH MAN, the store will ...
Utility and sustainability intersect at Green Machine Cycles, which opened in late September in Chicago's Ravenswood neighborhood. With a focus on cargo bikes and accessories for everyday use, owner Ezra Hozinsky also aims to reduce the ...
Tags: Bike, Transportation
CME Group, the Chicago-based derivatives exchange, plans to launch an aluminum contract that will compete with the London Metal Exchange's product. CME, the world's largest futures exchange, is responding to a "key need to execute with ...
Tags: steel, Construction
Koch Membrane Systems Inc’s new MegaPure hollow fiber ultrafiltration product line offers high-solids water treatment in an advanced cartridge design. The MegaPure hollow fiber product line, which debuted at this year’s WEFTEC ...
Tags: Koch Membrane, Cartridge Design
The Water Environment Federation (WEF) and the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) have agreed to collaborate on a broad range of water issues. The agreement, which was signed at WEFTEC 2013 in Chicago, will see the two ...
FineLine Technologies, Inc. and Scanbuy, Inc. announced a broad and comprehensive agreement that will enable retailers to easily implement a QR Code, Microsoft Tag, and/or an NFC mobile-enhanced packaging solution across their global supply ...
Tags: Fineline, Scanbuy Deal
San Francisco-based private equity investment firm Hellman & Friedman has acquired Chicago-based insurance brokerage firm, Hub International, from Apax Partners, in a transaction worth approximately $4.4bn. Commenting on the transaction, ...
Tags: insurance, investment funds
New tool makes field calculations faster and easier says supplier Rain for Rent, the US-based provider of temporary liquid handling solutions and rental pumps, has launched RiteFlo, a free app that offers a 'comprehensive suite of ...
Tags: Hydraulic Estimation Tools, Tools, Hardware
Successfully painting traditionally difficult-to-coat substrates used in a wide range of commercial and industrial applications is now much easier due to a Bayer MaterialScience LLC advance in waterborne primer coating raw material ...
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G&K Services, Inc. announced that it will be exhibiting at the National Safety Council’s (NSC) Annual Congress and Exposition in Chicago from September 30 through October 2, 2013. The NSC Congress and Expo is the world’s largest ...
Tags: Safety Uniforms
The first reports of a mechanical dishwashing device are of an 1830 patent in the United States by Joel Houghton for a hand-powered good device. This device was made of wood and was cranked by hand while water sprayed onto the dishes. This ...
Tags: Dishwashers, Consumer Electronics
The first reports of a mechanical dishwashing device are of an 1830 patent in the United States by Joel Houghton for a hand-powered good device. This device was made of wood and was cranked by hand while water sprayed onto the dishes. This ...
Tags: Dishwashers, Consumer Electronics
Oil prices dropped Monday as investors paid close attention to speeches from Federal Reserve officials for clues on monetary policies. New York Fed President William Dudley on Monday defended the Fed's decision not to trim its massive ...
Tags: Oil Prices, Fed Tapering Fears
FMC Corporation announced the election of K'Lynne Johnson to the company's Board of Directors, effective September 23, 2013. Johnson's election increases the board's size to 11 members. Johnson is CEO and President of Elevance Renewable ...
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